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℘℘℘ In 1907 the Epsom gallery was horrified to see an Irish owned, Irish trained (if Berkshire bred) horse, Orby, storm to victory at 100/6 in the most prestigious classic race for three-year-olds in the world, the Epsom Derby. The reaction of the top hat and tails aristocracy was to leave the parade ring for the presentation. “It’s enough to make one’s hair stand on end. How absolutely devastating that Britain’s blue riband race has been won by a peasant from Eire” snorted some...

Coonan auctioneers recently closed the sale of a 106ac residential farm overlooking Lough Owel in Co Westmeath. It sold on the private treaty market, making its guide price of €1m. Located 10km from Mullingar and not far from the N4, the property includes a brick-built, two-storey house, a yard and 106ac of grazing and tillage ground. While offered in a range of lots it sold as an entire. Divided into seven fields, the property is dotted with mature trees and fenced with traditional hedgerow....